Reykjavik – Laugavegur
I have thought for a long time that the map of Iceland – dominated by the sounds of nature – is missing one important one. Reykjavik. This is a sound from Laugavegur Street, the main pedestrian street of the Icelandic capital. Usually bustling with many languages. Not much has happened today, because the city has […]
Bláa Lónið – Blue Lagoon
Today I am taking you to the most popular place in Iceland – the Blue Lagoon. To explain, it’s a geothermal pool that owes its milky-blue color to the richness of minerals. There is a geothermal power plant nearby, which was to supply heat to nearby Grindavik. After its construction, it turned out that the […]
Icelandic horses
This will be my favorite sound from map. Because of the way it sounds and the recording process itself, combined with petting these sweethearts. Icelandic horses are one of the most characteristic landmarks of the local scenery, whether in winter or summer. But in winter they are fluffy – in their winter fur – and […]
Reykjanesviti
I have a special fondness for this place. I fell in love there and felt that Iceland was my place. I have approached sound recordings from Reykjanesviti many times and each time it was very difficult – it just always blows there and it blows so much that it is difficult to stand still. While […]
Skarfabakki Harbour
Today I am taking you to the ocean shore in Reykjavik. It is the port of Skarfabakki, from which ships mainly sail to the nearby island of Viðey. There was the massive Dettifoss cargo ship, looking like three apartment blocks. Beside me, one man was fishing and the other was just staring at the ocean […]
Earthquake
It is calming down with the volcano for now. “It will explode for sure, but we don’t know when.” Earthquakes are still going on and I would like to mention them, or rather to record them. Because when we hear about earthquakes, we see scenes from the movies: the house is teleported, the earth is […]
Kleifarvatn
Yesterday in the morning I studied the GPS sensor records in Krýsuvík and it turned out that this region moved about 10 centimeters to the southeast after the recent earthquakes. At a crazy pace – only in a week (the usual pace of tectonic plates sliding under Reykjanes is about 2 centimeters per year). This […]
Býflugnalestur – The Icelandic Language
Someone once told me that the Icelandic language is missing on my map of Icelandic sounds. I agreed with that, but I didn’t know how to deal with it in the context of noise. And today I had the pleasure to record the sound in Holabrekkuskóla, where – among other things – the býflugnalestur method, […]
Rocks falling in Sólheimajökull
I was supposed to wait a bit, but I couldn’t wait to show you this sound. Yesterday on Sólheimajökull (glacier in South Iceland, between Katla and Eyjafjallajökull volcanoes) the weather was fabulous. No wind, sun, warm as in summer. And since it has been raining a bit lately, rocks are flying from the slopes surrounding […]
Volcano in Iceland
I did it. I was there. With tears in my eyes because that was my dream. Flowing lava really sounds like broken glass. And, you hear, it was very close to people. The near-cosmic temperature, gas clogging the breath, could not be held there for long. This is the sound of a volcanic eruption in […]
